Curtis Strange last saw Arnold Palmer in March, at Arnie's PGA Tour event in Florida. Protégé and mentor spent about a half hour together in Palmer's home, regaling Palmer's tournament security detail with yarns from their Hall of Fame...

COLLEGES:
Men's basketball:
Virginia Tech forward Zach LeDay announced on Twitter that his brother Seth, a junior-college basketball player, will be transferring to Tech to join him on the Hokies, the Roanoke Times reported.
Seth LeDay averaged 18.5...

Studying his own golf swing by using video is a habit for Virginia Tech’s Joey Lane. Yet, comparing his form this year to how it looked late last spring doesn’t provide answers for why he’s such an improved player.A lot of the explanation comes in...

HAMPTON — Suffice to say, Sam Snead could have celebrated his 50th birthday on any golf course of his choosing. Such are the perks of winning at storied layouts such as Augusta National, St. Andrews, Oakmont, Riviera and Pinehurst No. 2. Why, Snead...

Standing on a hill in November outside the clubhouse of Augusta National Golf Club, Derek Bard was able to gaze upon more than half the course that has produced legends requiring just one name to identify them.
Jack. Tiger. Phil. Bard grew up idolizing...

Strolling to his hotel after Monday night's World Golf Hall of Fame induction ceremonies in St. Andrews, Scotland, Curtis Strange reflected on a young man who, decades from now, figures to join him in that exclusive club.
At the preposterous age of 21,...

The first pinch-me moment came early this week for Virginia alum Denny McCarthy in the players' parking lot at Chambers Bay Golf Course in University Place, Wash.
Rolling into the lot Sunday with his brother and caddie, Ryan, in an off-white Lexus SUV...

JAMES CITY — LPGA Tour rookie Minjee Lee is a teenager with immense promise — former No. 1-ranked amateur in the world, top-30 finishes in three major tournaments last year.
She cashed a handful of checks this season, but learned that competing and...

JAMES CITY — Minjee Lee will break the mold of Kingsmill Championship winners Monday. The only mystery is into how many pieces.
When darkness fell Sunday upon the soggy River Course, Lee led fellow LPGA Tour rookie Alison Lee, no relation, by four...

Colleges:Men’s soccer:
William and Mary announced its 2014 schedule, which includes nine home games and nine games against 2013 NCAA tournament teams.
W&M first will host a pair of scrimmages at Martin Family Stadium: Aug. 18 against Longwood and...

Since Curtis Strange repeated as U.S. Open champion 25 years ago, the first to do so since Ben Hogan in 1951, many of golf's elite have attempted to join their company. Tiger Woods, Hale Irwin, Ernie Els and Payne Stewart headline the 18-strong group,...

Jack Nicklaus played in an astonishing 154 consecutive major championships for which he was eligible. Next week’s U.S. Open will be the sixth major Tiger Woods has missed in the last six years.
If Woods is to have any hope of surpassing Nicklaus’ 18...

WILLIAMSBURG — United States Golf Association suits are either marketing geniuses or delusional mad scientists. We'll know which in about a month, when their grand experiment produces either unprecedented exposure for their signature championships or an...

WILLIAMSBURG — Lydia Ko's cell phone rang the other day, from an unknown number. The New Zealand teenager thought about letting it go to voicemail, but decided to answer.
On the other end was countryman and professional golfer Michael Campbell, a...

During a media session prior to the February 2009 Super Bowl between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin pointed at me and said, "You owe me for getting you a week's vacation in Tampa."
Tomlin was right....

Golf:James Gallagher of Yorktown, a retired Air Force colonel who turns 55 Friday, won twice Wednesday to earn a berth in the VSGA Senior Amateur quarterfinals at Farmington Country Club in Charlottesville.
He beat Scott Werthman of Forest 3-and-2,...

The Coast Guard Blue Dolphins 13-14 girls relay teams put on a show by breaking two state records at the Virginia Swimming Long Course Age Group Championships Thursday through Sunday in Christiansburg.
Alexandra Slayton, Chelsea Marstellar, Rachel Rymer,...